BEIJING (AFP): Chinese short video app makers have taken their rivalry overseas, with TikTok facing stiff competition from a newcomer that has surged in popularity abroad -- by paying users to keep scrolling.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai Junshi Biosciences has started an early-stage study to test its potential antibody treatment against coronavirus in healthy people, official paper Liberation Daily said on its online channel on Sunday. https://bit.ly/3eZhSWM

BEIJING: China has reported its first non-imported case of the new coronavirus in two weeks, an infected person on the island of Hainan off the southern coast. The National Health Commission said on Sunday (June 7) that there were also five imported cases in the previous 24-hour period, bringing the nation’s total case count to 83,036.

HONG KONG (AFP): Investors took a breather in Asia on Friday (June 5) after rallying through the week on optimism over the easing of lockdown measures, massive stimulus and signs that the worst of the global economic downturn may be over.